Mick Dempsey
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Aesculapian snake (I think) taken on an evening walk with my dog, sat there for ages till it finally slithered away, non venomous but I held the dog back anyway.
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At the moment everything. New ranger: engine management light on, has to go to dealer. Transit: electric window broken.(stuck open) Digger: new battery given up the ghost after 5months. Hot water boiler: pissing water out. Kubota tractor: leak from front axel, is in for repair. Wife's bicycle, deraillieur won't work (that's not too pressing tbh) Old transit: to be used as a dumper on new patio, battery flat, cannot open bonnet. The list goes on......
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Neither fish nor fowl, gardeners saw.
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Ok I'm not saying it's not all a bit weird, but my initial post was a far too abrasive, soz about that.
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I'm off to bed...
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Why would anyone believe that anyone would cut down their trees for free? Did C3 agree a price with C1? Did C1 explain to C3 that HE (C1) decided to do it for free? If so what was his explanation for not paying C3? I think Huck put it better than me. "I don't believe the story as told"
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I think that on small(er) claims like the ones John P and I described it's a non issue, they write the cheque. Personal injury/death stuff is prolly where they'll try to find a way to weasel out of stuff. Let's hope none of us test the theory.
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This for starters. First contractor contacts client "I have done the job for free"
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What a load of utter bollocks. There is so much missing from this story, how did the client cancel the first tree guy? Email, phone message or letter? You claim C1 is happy that no one got paid for the job? Don't believe a word of it.
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Agreed, just to clarify when I said hornbeam is similar I meant in appearance, you're right it's much less fussy about conditions. Where I come from in the Sussex Weald it has no problem with some poor clay soil.
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Beech is nice, more prestigious, more maintenance than laurel needed. Not as good a screen. Bit picky about soil I think, hornbean is very similar.
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My wife says that to me, that I worry too much. I think I worry just the right amount.
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I don't know what it is but don't indulge the clients too much. I've never seen a eucalyptus make a comeback from this sort of thing. (In The UK or here anyway)
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Laurel +1
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Neither have I and yet you get the funny little grease gun that I've never managed to make work.
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Unlikely, forms all wrong, it's a gleditsia, the one near me has thorns on the bark which is the only box not ticked, but I think older trees lose that lower down. I'm off to walk the dog in a minute, I'll grab an iPhone pic of it.
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For £250 you can have my 076. 111cc I think. Runs great, just never use it.
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I have had two insurance claims over the years, one for an asbestos shed roof, I broke a sheet and the whole lot had to be replaced by men in spacesuits. Then a smashed sewer pipe which required honey wagons etc. Insurance company never asked for second climber/LOLER. Just my experience.
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The 230 will knock your 125 into a cocked hat. I've used all of the TWs you mentioned.
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Good stuff Ben. Always nice when you can take over from a lesser mortal! Question for you, there was a big piece that you chained near the middle and when it broke off the butt end seemed to swing a bit toward your position. I would have thought that tying/chaining a piece like that near the top would be more controlled. Or was what you did intentional? Bear in mind I have little to no knowledge of crane dismantling so it's just a question, not a critique.
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In Desperate times...My Silky saves the day!
Mick Dempsey replied to silky fox's topic in The Lounge
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I have no idea but would be interested to know. People plant poplars here on poor boggy ground then wait 30 years or so and harvest them. I often wonder about the mathematics of it.
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I've had a google about and they weigh just under a tonne. They seem underpowered, overweight and generally out of date compared to European chippers. Yanks seem to do very good big stuff, but really really bad small stuff.
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/1438926289712224/for_sale_search/?forsalesearchtype=for_sale&availability=available&query=Timberwolf Few on here.
